hi xavier
disappearing islands are quite common
so even assuming this one is on defr & indeed even in
the lauter
exactly as you suppose
still unless you can provide more info
it remains anyones guess which vanishing island you
may have in mind

in the meantime tho
& pending your & its reappearance
the third photo from the bottom here
http://boundaries.free.fr/
shows the mouth of the lauter
& therefore
in its midst
the major defr tripoint of the german states of baden
wuerttemberg at right
& rhineland palatinate at left
with the french department of bas rhin in the
foreground

aka defr2brbwrp

& coincidentally
aka fre
the easternmost point of france

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx?TextLatitude=48.9726919905178&TextLongitude=8.18181786618751&TextAltitude=7&TextSelectedEntity=8560555&SearchEnc=false&MapStyle=Comprehensive&MapSize=Large&MapStyleSelectedIndex=0&searchTextMap=scheibenhard&MapStylesList=Comprehensive&ZoomOnMapClickCheck=on&ResultsListbox=48.9726919905178%3B8.18181786618751%3B7%3B8560555%3BLauterbourg%2C+Bas-Rhin%2C+Alsace%2C+France%3BLarge%3BComprehensive

--- XML <x.maillard@...> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> A few years ago I read about a sandy bank (not
> exactly a island but
> rather a small isle that only appears at low water)
> located in the
> middle of one of the rivers marking the boundary
> between FR and DE (in
> the Lauter? in another one? - I can not remember).
> This sandy place in that river is not mentioned in
> any DE-FR treaty
> and local German people make fun of this situation.
> Does anyone knows where this place is located?
> Xavier
>
>
>
>
>

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